On 4 December 2024, the Media Literacy Ireland annual conference took place at the Foundry in Dublin, kindly hosted by Google. MLI would like to thank Coimisiún na Meán, Google and all of the speakers, panellists, and attendees for making it such a success The theme of the conference was ‘Media Literacy for All’ and
Read the November MLI newsletter for media literacy related news and updates.
During the first half of 2024, regional radio station, Beat, developed and delivered a substantial Digital Media Literacy Tour for secondary schools across the South East. For schools that missed out on the face to to face roadshow, Beat have now published a 20 minute video version of the tour which schools and youth groups can access on the Beat website.
Trend Micro and COGG have collaborated to launch an Irish language version of the Cyber Academy. The Cyber Academy is a series of cyber safety lessons aimed at children from the ages 7 – 10 and is available free to teachers and parents. Both Trend Micro and COGG are delighted to announce that the Irish
MLI will launch Be Media Smart 2023 on October 24 to mark Global Media and Information Literacy Week.
The 34th Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People returns from September 30 to October 31, 2023.
With over 100 events taking place across Belfast, the Festival programme funded by the Department of Communities through Northern Ireland Screen, offers unmissable film opportunities for young people, families, schools, and young filmmakers.
Trend Micro Ireland’s annual youth video competition ‘What’s Your Story?’ launched on September 26 2023. With thousands of euro in cash prizes to be won, Trend Micro invites young students to answer this question in a two minute video.
The Be Media Smart Community Training Programme swings into action during October with a small army of community-based volunteers signed up to become Be Media Smart trainers.